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AMZI o. MILLs, 0F OAKTOWN, INDIANA.

Leners Patent No. 80,362, daad Juzg, 2s, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-SHELLERS.

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TO .ALL WHOM IT MAY GONCERN:

Be it known, thatl, AMZI C. MILLS, of Oaktown, in the county of Knox, and State of Indiana, have invented a new and improved Corn-Sheller; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, fand exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specication. i

Figure 1 is a front view of my improved corn-Sheller.

Figure 2 is a vertical `longitudinal section of the same, taken throughlthe line z x, fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish a simple, convenient, and eiective instrument for shelling corn, and which shall at the same time be durable and cheap; and it consists in the Sheller, constructed as hereinafter more fully described.

A is the frame or conductor, which is made about eighteen inches long, and two and a halt` inches wide. The side beards al of the frame A. are made a little longer than the'bottom or back board a2, as shown in gs. 1 and 2. The end board a3, at the upper end of the frame A, is made about half'the breadth of the side boards al, and the edges of the upper ends of the said side boards are bevelled off or inclined to meet it, as shown in iig. 2. B are curved slats or knives, the ends of which are securely attached to the side boards al, in an inclined' position, as shown in fig. 2, and the said slats or knives are made of such a breadth as to leave a. clear space or channel between their inner edges and the back board a2, for the passage of the shelled corn to the tub or receptacle in which the Sheller is placed while being used.

The curved edges of the slots or knives B are made thin' and blunt, so as to readily take hold ofthe kernels, and at the same time be unable to cut the hand of the operator, should it accidentally come in contact with them.

I The edges of said slats or knives maybe made plain, as shown in the drawings, or` toothed, as may be desired.

In using the sheller, it is placed in an inclined position. The ear to be shelled is then vplaced upon the curved knives or slats B, point forward, and pressed downward and forward with both hands, the rear hand pressing the harder, so that the upper knife may first operate to remove the kernels nearest the base or butt of the ear, the next knife operating next, and so on, so that, by a slight forward movement, al1 the kernels may be reuloved from one side of the ear at one operation. The ear is then turned over, and the kernels removed from theother side of the cob in the same manner, the ear being wholly shelled by two operations, which can be done very quickly. In the case of large ears, three movements may be necessary to remove all the kernels, but usually two will be suiiieient. As the kernels are, removed, the end board a3 intercepts the kernels that would otherwise ily ci?, so that the kernels will all pass down the conductor-'to the receptacle. I

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A v l An improved corn-Sheller, formed by the combination of ,the curved slats or knives with the frame or conduetor A, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

A. C. MILLS.

Witnesses:

DAVID M. Bnnos, JACOB STARNIJP.. 

